Raman and ion microscopic imagery of graphitic inclusions in apatite from older than 3830 Ma Akilia supracrustal rocks, west Greenland: Comment

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Nutman, Allen P ^a   Friend, Clark R L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; GRAPHITIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SUPRACRUSTAL ROCK;

AKILIA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 84871083255     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24384C.1     Document Type: Note

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